Week in review: 4 January 2021

New authors

Welcome to Benjamin Muskalla, who published a first article on foojay.io this week.

Published this week

JEPs

Ashish Choudhary Jan 4, 2021 6,352 views

Local Variable Type Inference: Declare Var, Not War

In this article, I will try to explain the new feature, from Java 10, local variable type inference using the reserved type name "var".

JEPs

Security

Benjamin Muskalla Jan 6, 2021 3,667 views

Let's Do Some Java Syntax Puzzlers Today

Given I love a good puzzle (especially the Java Puzzles), let’s try some puzzles, using the Java syntax only, without any runtime behavior.

Security

Events

Geertjan Wielenga Jan 7, 2021 2,679 views

Friends Of OpenJDK Schedule at FOSDEM 2021

Subject to change, here's the schedule for FOSDEM 2021, a virtual event this year on 6 and 7 February, for the Friends Of OpenJDK devroom!

Events

Microservices

Jadon Ortlepp Jan 8, 2021 2,668 views

How To Bring Your Java Microservices To The Cloud

Cloud and microservices come up more in architectural decisions. Is Java ready for these diverse concepts in corporate environments?

MicroservicesTutorials